MOVE over Gav and Charl, Welsh rugby has a new star couple – but it’s not official just yet!

MOVE over Gav and Charl, Welsh rugby has a new star couple – but it’s not official just yet!

Bubbly X Factor brunette Lucie Jones has revealed the special man in her life in none other than 21-year-old Wales and Cardiff Blues flying winger Leigh Halfpenny.

The stunning singer admitted the two have been seeing each other since they met at the Cardiff leg of the X Factor tour last month.

But she’s keen to stress that both young stars are just having fun and will be putting their respective careers first.

The teenager, who turned 19 on Saturday, said: “There is someone I like – Leigh Halfpenny – and there may well be something going on with us.

“We have a mutual family friend and my number got passed over to him a few months ago. He had a girlfriend then, so when my name came up in conversation he couldn’t say much, but once he became single in January he text me.

“When I got his message I didn’t know if it was him or not and I thought it might’ve been someone trying to wind me up so I waited four days to reply.

“When I did eventually text back saying, ‘Oh hi’, he replied with, ‘Oi! You haven’t text me back’.

“Since then we’ve chatted on the phone every day.

“I’ve fancied him for ages. Whenever I see him on television I’m like, ‘Oh my god, he’s gorgeous!’

“We’re not official because things are complicated and we both have to put our careers first at the moment. All I do know is I like him, and he likes me, so watch this space.”

Despite not being an “official” couple yet, Leigh has already met Lucie’s parents, who have given him the seal of approval.

The part-time model from Pentyrch said: “He popped round my house when I was back in Cardiff.

“I was busy doing something and had to go out so I left him at home with my parents. I got a text from him saying, ‘I love your dad’, and my dad text me saying, ‘Leigh’s amazing, you can get with him’. My dad’s met him a few times now and really likes him.

“My mum even said we could be the next Charl and Gav.

“It’s great that my parents approve of him, but also bad that they like him so much that if things don’t work out, I’m not sure whose side they’ll be on – mine or his?”

X Factor star Lucie Jones has revealed a special man in her life – rugby star Leigh Halfpenny

WalesOnline is part of Media Wales, publisher of the Western Mail, South Wales Echo, Wales on Sunday and the seven Celtic weekly titles, offering you unique access to our audience across Wales online and in print.